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ARTIFICES
Definition of ARTIFICES
noun
plural of artifice
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Word DNA
ARTIFICES inherits its ancestry from its root, ARTIFICE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARTIFICE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARTIFICES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARTIFICES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ARTIFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found ARTIFICES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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